Jean Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor
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- - Composer: Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (8 December 1865 -- 20 September 1957)
- Orchestra: Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Sixten Ehrling
- Soloist: Camilla Wicks
- Year of recording: 1952
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, written in 1903-1904.
00:00 - I. Allegro moderato in D minor
15:53 - II. Adagio di molto in B-flat major
24:27 - III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D major
The Violin Concerto is not the only work Sibelius wrote for solo violin with orchestra; he wrote a variety of excellent, shorter works including Two Serenades (1913) and Six Humoresques (1917). But the concerto is certainly the most ambitious of all these works. Despite the early enthusiasm of a few violinists -- notably Maud Powell, who was the soloist in the American premiere with the New York Philharmonic in 1906 and repeated the work several times on a transcontinental tour -- the concerto was slow to catch on with audiences. Not until Jascha Heifetz took up the work and recorded it in the 1930s did the concerto become what it is today, one of the most popular of the national Romantic concerto repertory.
Sibelius was himself a fine violinist. He took up studying the instrument at 15 with his hometown's military bandmaster, and shortly thereafter was taking part in chamber music performances and playing in his school's orchestra. He felt he had taken up the violin too late in life to become a true virtuoso, but he brought his intimate knowledge of the instrument to bear on this, his only concerto, which he completed in 1903. The soloist at the first performance was to be the composer's friend Willy Burmeister. But when scheduling difficulties intervened, Viktor Novacek was given the honor of premiering the work in Helsinki on February 8, 1904, with Sibelius himself conducting. After this indifferently received performance, Sibelius withdrew the work for revision. Ultimately, the work was shortened, including the excision of one solo cadenza, and featured a brighter orchestral sound. The first performance of the revised score took place on October 19, 1905 in Berlin, with Richard Strauss conducting and Karl Halir, a member of Joseph Joachim's quartet, as soloist.
Sibelius had a less than high regard for virtuoso violinists or for many of the works written for them. In his concerto, he manages to strike an ideal balance between instrumental brilliance and the more purely musical, structural, and emotional values. At one point he gave a pupil some advice about writing concertos, saying that one should be aware of the audience's patience (and the stupidity of many soloists!) and avoid long, purely orchestral passages. He certainly took his own advice, as the violinist takes up the expressive main theme of the first movement in the fourth bar, and rarely relinquishes center stage for the remainder of the concerto's half-hour duration.
- The opening movement, cast in first-movement sonata form, contrasts passages of restraint and melancholy with passages of great force and intensity. One unusual feature is the mid-movement cadenza for the soloist, which shares some qualities with like passages in the great virtuoso concertos of the nineteenth century, but is more substantial and more fully integrated into the overall form of the piece.
- Wind duets start the slow second movement, after which the soloist takes up the lush, almost Tchaikovskian main melody. Later in the movement the violinist is called on to play a fiendish two-part counterpoint.
- This is but one of the numerous technical hurdles the soloist must conquer in this work; many more arise in the brilliant, dance-like third movement, with its insistent rhythm and the folk-like cast of its melodies. The excitement and momentum carry through to the very end of the work. - เพลง
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twosetviolin just finished their livestream with this violin concerto just now.
mr. sibelius, i hope you're proud.
3:55 the most beautiful thing I've ever heard
Yes. It always brings me to tears.
Ray Chen plays that part with much more of the right emotion u should listen
22:39 bitch please
For me it's also 26:45 ❤️
M. Ahsan yes, I cry every time I hear that part
Extraordinary pinnacle of human achievement. My son is working on this and I feel so fortunate to hear the notes taking form in my home.
has he completed it yet? it takes time!
I wanna hear him play? what year of study is he in as a music major?
That must sound amazing!!
3:56 and 13:03 are those moments in music that make me feel like dancing in low gravity
Jhon Smith gives me frisson. My whole body goes through a wave of tingling
The melody on the octaves are just so beautiful 🥲
Just wondering how Brett is going to manage the whole oschestra part lol. Simp Sibelius!!!
Eddy
@@idtio actually Brett will do the entire orchestra
@@Ollivier10x56 yeah, i didn't like the tchaik orchestra being covered by one violin, it may be just me, but i think they would do better calling sofia to cover the orchestra part on the piano.
But he doesn't need to memorise it
@@San-lh8us Hey it would be a good idea but I guess it would be imposible in these times
24:30 I love this part.
Camilla is by far the most underrated soloist.
20:54 to 24:24 brings tears to my eyes everytime
Totally agree with you
Who after listening to this once didn't really like it that much, but after listening to it again, it literally opened all of their chakras?
I loved this at the first listening
This happens with 50% of the classical pieces I listen to.
Yep.
I wouldn’t say chakras cuz I don’t believe in that but yes this was much better the 2nd time I listened
I'm on the same boat, this happens to me with classical music a lot. I didn't like this the first time I listened, now I can't stop listening to it. Especially the 3rd movement, I'm obsessed with it. The same thing happened with Bach's Chaconne too, at first listen I didn't understand it and I didn't enjoy it, now it sounds so painstakingly beautiful and I keep replaying it.
The way the violinist brings out the octaves at 22:20 to 22:40 is just amazing
It's fascinating to think that, according to the description, Sibelius was still alive when this was recorded.
SIMP THE SIBELIUS
unnamed boi Simpelius
@GRANT MAIORANA welp, no one agreed with you
@GRANT MAIORANA i'm not saying i'm funny or anything, just thought i'd reference twoset in every sibelius violin concerto video.
@GRANT MAIORANA welp, the internet's full of unoriginal things anyways xd
GRANT MAIORANA welcome to the internet grant. Where not everything is original. Shut the hell up and go back to reddit.
You have to surrender some winter night under blankets and cold piercing stars to warm up to the beauty of this great concerto.
Then will it comfort and let your spirit transcend.
You will wish to hear it again and again.
WHO'S READY FOR THE SIBELIUS DROP?!
meeee! *oh wai--*
More than any other recorded performance of this great work, Camilla Wicks viscerally conveys through her phenomenal playing the rugged landscape of this Nordic country. I'm so grateful to have known her and played (as a member of the cello section) this great music with her.
3:55 is the place where i always get goosebumps
RIP Camilla Wicks (1928-2020)
A very great concerto for violin. A solar inspiration which is not so often found under the pen of Sibelius. Much light circulates in this score. The virtuosity of the violin is obviously the main factor. We have to congratulate the soloist, Camilla Wicks. The recording is quite good considring that it was made in 1952.
Our inevitable Gérard Begni... Glad to see you.
RIP Camilla Wicks
i love listening to classical music when i'm reading or working because sometimes it makes me more concentrate. when i'm dragged out by some certain melodies, i know it's a good piece for me. and this stops me from reading SEVERAL times. merely happened. here are the moments: 3:56 5:30 26:05
This recording was made while sibelius was still alive!
22:25 is amazing
Owen L yea definitely! It’s my favorite part of the song. In my opinion, no one else does it like Camilla Wicks. She doesn’t take as much of the rest as other violinists do and it keeps the build up going instead being broken up into little parts, which adds to that glorious climax.
0:00-32:08*
0:53
Don't give up
@OlissaReads ❤
Did you play it yet queen
You get it ?
U will and please invite me to listen
... i've had clips of thia stuck in my head for this entire year without knowing they all came from this one piece... *Stupid 100*
edit:spelling
7:06 this jump is so amazing to hear, and I feel every soloist does it differently
I hope Eddy is practising 40hrs
@GRANT MAIORANA bro chill
@GRANT MAIORANA no
@GRANT MAIORANA no
@GRANT MAIORANA no
@GRANT MAIORANA no
Really very very great. I never heard of her before. Camilla Wicks. Amazing!
I got chills....
+Ran Wang Yes I too get that often, it's so beautiful!
+Ran Wang Maybe its because Sibelius was from such a cold Country xD
0:12 1st Movement Allegro Moderato
7:06 Cadenza
9:40 End of Cadenza
15:55 2nd Movement Adagio di Molto
24:30 3rd movement Allegro, ma non tanto
Thank olla-vogala for this wonderful score presentation and beautiful performance !
this piece is amazing.
Thank you so much for sharing 😭❤
So amazing.
Questo concerto è la perfezione in persona 😍, la perfezione esiste!!
How I love reading what’s in the description ❤️
Beautiful interpretation ...
My fav violin concerto. One of the best concertos ofc
Wonderful work, and brilliant, classic recording.
Only regrettable thing about theses composers is that they are mortals.....
😭😭😭😭
27:41 - 28:24 I can do it! I can rise above the challenge!
Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.
~Isaiah 40:31
From Wikipedia: "Camilla Dolores Wicks was born in Long Beach, California. Her Norwegian born father, Ingwald Wicks (Ingvald Kristian Eriksen Varhaugvik), was a distinguished violinist and teacher. Her pianist mother studied with composer, Xavier Scharwenka. Wicks made her name as a child prodigy, making her solo debut at age 7 with Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. At 8, she performed Bruch's First Concerto and a year later Paganini's First Concerto. She went to study with Louis Persinger at the Juilliard School in New York City. In 1942, Persinger accompanied Wicks when she made her solo debut at age 13 with the New York Philharmonic. In the next decade, she performed regularly with many of the world's finest conductors (Walter, Reiner, Stokowski, Rodzinski, Ehrling) and orchestras. She went on extensive European tours and was quite popular in Scandinavia. Finnish composer Jean Sibelius greatly admired her interpretation of his concerto, of which she made a recording in 1952 for the Capitol label. She also made a number of recordings for HMV, Mercury and Philips.
Camilla Wicks explored a wide range of repertoire and promoted many lesser-known works, in particular by Scandinavian composers, who in turn wrote many works for her. Norwegian composer and violinist, Bjarne Brustad dedicated a number of solo violin works to her. Wicks was an advocate of contemporary Scandinavian composers: she performed concertos by Fartein Valen and Hilding Rosenberg, and gave the world premiere of those by Harald Saeverud and Klaus Egge. She also enjoyed a close collaboration with Ernest Bloch. "
Fred Smith ?
3:55 is what we all came for. I can’t believe a man wrote something so beautiful and perfect?
TBH, no, and I don't get why everybody says so. The very first phrase is the most magical one to me.
@@AllendeEtAl I think he’s right
@@jak.cr1ym They can't, they might say that is their favourite part, or the most beatiful. But to state that that bit "what we all came for..." That's ridiculous. How can they know my intentions?
as someone who knows nothing about classical music, the beginning is my favorite 😸 0:20 - 1:02 especially around 0:52
@@dickottel same
thank you
Thank you for the post and the interesting notes!
Senza parole 😍😍😍😍
Wonderful!
the whole d minor section of the finale is fascinating
Excellent version!
I guess the version I would love the most of this incredible beautiful Sibelius concerto would be:
HR FRANKFURT Radio Symphony conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the soloist Hillary Hahn. I hope "Un bel di" will that take place.
Heavenly
Epic orchestral tutti at 5:32 !!
Vielen Dank
Me just enjoying the music- gRaMMeRly
I love the third movement xD
Wow I'm not the only one who came here because of Twoset Violin
despite more serious intonation errors (compared to other professionals) in arpeggio rifts, this is somehow my favourite version... something I can never explain haha
The piece that calls sibelius back from the dead.
I will be willing to talk to the devil to see if he can revive him.
I love this piece!!! But however I don't particularly like her interpretation, which I find unusual because Camilla Wicks is one of my favourite violinists
one of my absolute favorite violin concertos. Can't decide between bruch, carl nilsen, beethoven, mendelsohn and mozart which is my favorite concerto. this one included among the very best.
Dank zij U ben ik weer een partituur rijker.
+Brigitte,Françine,Elza,Elvire Leirens Fijn om te horen Brigitte :)
7:08 - Beethoven Tempest 1st mov.
*Sibelius Violin Concerto
9:55 😍😍😍😍
1 часть
0:18 ГП
3:58 ПП
Nice
Corona virus,if you are in isolation, this will bring all things in life to you, magical beyond belief.
14:32 to end 1st movement
This seems so different from the way it's played these days, like Hilary Hahn's version here on TH-cam. Is there a newer version of the sheet music?
gooooooooooooooood
Have you heard of Devy Erlih in this concerto ?
Literally just scrolled the comments to see mentions of @twosetviolin and was not disappointed! Haha
More addictive than drugs
Quick correction: The concerto is in D minor not D major @0:01.
Mainstream plebs : classical music is boring
Me : randomly listening to this recording at 2:00 am cuz I am bored
14:34 o.o
Please tell me that I wasn't the only one who immediately thought of car alarms/ horns going off in the beginning- 😳😅
My friend Grace, as well as the Sibelius simps themselves, brought me here and I can honestly say that I have fallen in love with classical music again.. Thank you all.
13:05
15:41 These are one of the weirdest fingerings of all time, they aren't like super hard to do themselves, but the way the notes sort of criss cross is just so weird to visualise when you first learn it
11:46 doesn't remind you brahms second piano sonata?
20:46
3:56
5:30
13:03
10-plus Janne!
10:20
3:54
A peronal take on this. For me it's in the top 5 all time violin compositions: solo Bach, Brahms Concerto, Tchaikovsky Concerto, Vieuxtemps Concerto 5 and this. I honestly would rather hear it than Beethoven, Bruch, Mendelssohn, or Mozart. It's a real virtuoso composition and I prefer it also to Paganini, Wieniawski, Saint Saens, Lalo or anything Sarasate wrote. The Tchaikovsky Brahms and Sibelius are the big 3 for me that separate the great artists of music from the great violinists. Leonidas Kavakos is the only one given permission to perform or record the original, his and Gitlis and Shaham and Kaler (video) are the recordings that stand out the most for me, Mintz and Stikovetsky were also quite exceptional. I am sad it was never recorded by Kogan or Rabin, a real tragedy and I can't wait for Ehnes to record it formally. When I think of this music I think how could it be possible someone who started so late on the violin create some of the greatest music ever for the instrument? 15 is a very late start for a violinist. It is the kind of work I feel that very few are adequate to play, it's kind of a just because you can doesn't mean you should situation. Can't you hear the Nordic winter winds in the music?
+scottbos68 Yes I love everything about this concerto, it is one of my favorites as well. I was always a big fan of Elgar's as well, but that one is rarely mentioned by people for some reason. This concerto, as many Sibelius works, has that Nordic feel over it that I like so much, especially the opening is like hearing the wind flow over a wide, snowy Finnish landscape.
I'll be honest I've struggled trying to force myself to like the Elgar even bought Perlman and Ehnes recording I haven't gotten to yet after already owning several other recordings by Hahn, Chung and a few others I think I may own already. People talk about the greatness of Menuhin's Elgar recording... I can say without hesitation I much prefer the Walton recorded by Chung and Ehnes. Hey it's OK people like different things that's good, and I think it's good to talk about these differences we all have with what we like, it can only lead to greater awareness.
scottbos68
Yes of course, we all have our preferences and that's what makes things interesting. I like the Heifetz recording of Elgar, he doesn't get lost in all the fast little notes of which there are so many. Is there a violin concerto you think I may not know, but could like?
answer 1 - For modern violin I love the Walton concerto, love the Hindemith concerto, love the Conus Concerto, loved the Korngold Concerto, all of Szymanowski's violin music is refreshingly new sounding, other than that from the Heifetz repertoire the Rosza and especially the Gruenberg concertos I liked, from the Oistrahk repertoire Kaler resurrected the taneyev suite, Repin resurrected the Miaskovsky Concerto and loved Shaham's recording of the Kabalevsky which is how I came to know Pletnev who happened to be conducting. I think it's going to be difficult to recommend something you haven't heard yet cause youre a reportoire junky like me.
answer 2 - Walter Piston's violin music is worth getting to know. I also like alot of newer and contemporary violin music by Hartke, Harbison, Adams, Ives, Elliott Carter, Corigliano, Fratres by Part, Copeland, Bernstein, have you heard Andre Previn's Violin Concerto or especially Tango Song and Dance I totally love, follow the repertoire of Tasmine Little and Makarski, did you hear Keith Jarett's violin sonata? or the Hartke Violin Concerto? I bought it but havent listened to it yet. Mullova has been doing some modern things with her Cellist husband some brazilian music stradivarious in rio and a several records The Peasant Girl and Through the Looking Glass containing a weather report/joe zawinul tune The Pursuit of the Woman with the Feathered Hat, how about perlman with oscar peterson?
0:19
Why did it sound like that 1:55
Best Parts are: 3:56 13:03 22:39 25:41 - 26:56 and 29:13 - 30:23
For me the best part is from 0:00 to 32:08
Junto al de Chostakovik (el # 1) mi concierto para violín favorito, pero lastimosamente una interpretación desapasionada, fría, no me gustó, mis favoritos los de Oistrakh, Sara Chang, Accardo, Mintz y Perlman.
the woodwind intonation about 6:00 :-/
Think it's just the recording quality
They should get Sophie to play on a grand and Brett just to turn pages
I found out about him through bukowski
5:32
25:40
D MAJOR????0:01
Big Bruh time
Don't mind me.
0:19
7:03
I don't like that I didn't hear a pizzicato at (approx.) 31:10... 😑
He's called Jean Sibelius
Yes... What about it?
Phelan Nyvoll Walker
That is correct yes.
He was born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius, but went by Jean
0:11
19:54
Great and cold!!!!! I can feel the distant light blue colour of an iceberg floating in Greenland!
... Greenland?
I know Sibelius is finnish and Greenland is not finnish, if that is your question. By whom do you take me?
Just wondering about your comment.
And I find nothing cold in this interpretation, just the opposite: very involved, passionate, emotionally charged. Interesting how tastes (and understanding) differ....
Good recording. Don't like the way she plays the cadenza though, espeically compared to Perlman.